ARMANI

I'll put it this way: I loved it. And I thought it was genius. Everything about it had something special, the color mixing, the texture of the fabrics and the forms were all somewhat innovative. I felt there was something outer-space-y about it and I also felt a kind of epicness, almost anniversary-like. AND I thought the recession mood we've seen in previous collections is now fading away! 

My very first take on the Armani collection was that Giorgio combined technology and fashion to deliver very ground-breaking pieces of art! 

This is a "chart" I came across many times on tumblr and on various other blogs, I was very intrigued. It captured my mind. Truly science and art could give birth to the most ingenious wonders, but hardly did I ever see the theory applied. Giorgio Armani did apply the theory of this chart. He unified the technology of fabric, the UFO Philip Treacy hats and some futuristic forms (SCIENCE), with the art of couture and the devotion of its makers, silk and gems (ART) to produce a wonder (WONDER).

I was stunned by the dresses. All of them! I adored the idea of cutting off the body from the rest of it and leaving that narrow space around the hips. Used as pockets, executed impeccably it gave the sense of a robotic woman, almost unable to move because of the one vast joint, but then again it looked perfectly feminine in a way! And the colors landed from another world, we have barely seen them the last years. The deep pure red and the way the metal-silk fabric let it shine left me speechless and of course all of the gem-encrusted looks were absolutely breathtaking! Also as an alternative to the Philip Treacy UFO disc-hats, masks also encrusted with gems, making the mood mystical.

The last dress blew me away. When I first saw it, I thought it was studded with red LED lights! The way it shined and the way it was translated on film was beyond!

I apologize if my thoughts are not clearly formed, but today my mind is blocked!